Moldova says two aerostats entered its airspace
Illustrative photo: Two aerostats violated Moldova's airspace (collage by RBC-Ukraine)
Moldova's Defense Ministry reported two incidents of objects resembling aerostats violating the country's airspace on Saturday, November 7, reports NewsMaker.
According to the ministry, the first incident was recorded on November 7 at 09:15. An aerostat flew over Moldovan territory near the village of Moșeni in the Drochia district.
At 09:22, it left the country's airspace near the village of Elizavetovca in the same district.
The second incident was registered at 10:35. Another one illegally crossed the state border from the direction of Ukraine's Vinnytsia region toward the village of Trifăuți in the Soroca district.
At 10:36, the object left Moldova's airspace near the village of Ruslanovca in the same district.
Moldova's Defense Ministry said that the Air Operations Center continues to monitor the situation in the country's airspace.
Other incidents in Moldova
On the night of October 11, a drone crashed and exploded on Moldovan territory, although the country's air surveillance systems did not detect any unauthorized border crossing.
On the morning of October 3, Moldova's Defense Ministry reported that three missiles and two drones exploded on the country's territory. Another object flew through Moldovan airspace toward Palanca a minute later.
On the same day, drone debris was found in four districts of Moldova. In total, police recorded five separate incidents involving aircraft crashing.
In one of the incidents, an explosion damaged the windows of a building. Dry grass caught fire after a drone crashed.
Earlier, on September 30, a drone violated Moldova's airspace, crashed, and exploded near the village of Hîrbovăț and the city of Bender.
